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Where: Sol🌎Terra and Cosmology🌌TheDreamscape
Who: ORDER🔻GlitchDaracova and TOA🧛‍♀️SalaOtanashi What: The struggle to find purpose after resurrection
Why: To rediscover what truly matters and confront new threats
Actually Why: I’m still here, so why not?

I am dead. I blew up a knock-off Death Star while I was still inside. I am dead. So why am I still here? I think, therefore I am. I live.

I awake in a Xaran med bay. They pulled me out of the wreckage a week or so after the mission. My allies seem surprised to see me. Awestruck, even, that I’m not a smear of stardust in the void.

Anyway, we won the war while I was busy “respawning.” Conveniently, they also found my homeworld, Terra. It’s good to be home, but nothing feels right.

It’s hard to slide back into my old life. My apartment has new tenants. My job fired me. All my stuff is gone. My bank accounts are closed. I am dead, but I live. So I get back in touch with Sala’s fixer friends, but now I’m more hands-on. A killer for hire, a soldier of fortune. Nothing matters.

With my new abilities, I no longer need a dreamcatcher to jack into the dreamscape. At least there, all my old stuff is where I left it, even my alternate accounts. I start doing some dreamrunning while awake. I call it “daydreaming,” and I get good at it. As far as I know, I’m the only person on Terra who can.

Eventually, I reunite with Sala, sparking a romantic subplot. I let her turn my main dream account into a vampire chevalier. Why not? None of this matters. What I didn’t realize was that as Sala’s chevalier, I was bound to her will.

She demanded to know what was wrong with me, so I told her everything that happened in Book 2. “Of course nothing matters!” she said. “That’s the point. You have to decide for yourself what’s important and never compromise on that.”

Whether I believed her or if being her chevalier made me believe, it worked. I had to walk through the fire for what’s important. I gave the fixers new instructions about the jobs I’d take: no collateral damage, only bad people get hurt, and whatever we steal goes to a good cause. Stuff like that. Half my fixers dropped me. Some even put bounties on my head. They don’t work as fixers anymore.

The whole world’s watching my every move. Maybe not the whole world, but it feels like it with the Regional Military Police closing in. I’ve died once, so that doesn’t scare me. But getting caught and put away for a long time? That’s a real concern.

While I don’t have the full plot mapped out yet, there are key events that must happen:

Loss of Control: I lose control of my alternate dreamscape accounts. They start becoming autonomous, developing personalities based on their skillsets, and eventually, I get locked out entirely as they become independent entities. This spans over several years, occurring simultaneously with other events. They were once my Shadesmith guild, and without me they became the Shadesmith Brotherhood.
New Enemy: Near the end of the book, I’m confronted in the waking world by a man with my face and voice. He calls himself Seth Shadesmith (hey, that’s the best of my alt accounts) and vows to destroy everything and everyone I love. Dramatic, right? This conflict sets the stage for Book 4.

While all of this is happening, I occasionally get news about galactic events. Prism got the Xaran Alliance and the Vex Empire to reorganize together into a Galactic Republic. Peace among the stars, bet that will last.

Summary: Chaos 3: Blood Chronicle

Plot Overview

The story explores Glitch Daracova’s descent into personal turmoil, triggered by his survival of a catastrophic mission in Chaos 2 and the dramatic changes brought about by the anomalous Artifact. It chronicles his transformation—both physical and emotional—his struggles with identity, and the emergence of Seth Shadesmith as a dangerous antagonist.

Key Plot Points

1. Glitch’s Resurrection and Return to Terra

Survival and Awakening:
Glitch survives the destruction of the Vex superweapon, thought dead by allies and enemies alike. Rescued by the Xaran Alliance, he recovers in a med bay and is celebrated as a war hero.
Return to Terra:
Despite the galactic victory, Glitch feels alienated and detached upon returning to his homeworld. His life on Terra has been erased—his old job, apartment, and belongings gone. He begins to spiral into apathy and disillusionment.

2. The Nano-Plague and Dreamscape Transformations

Artifact’s Impact:
The anomalous Artifact that altered Glitch now begins to spread its influence, triggering dreamscape-induced transformations in other dreamers on Terra. Those affected start to manifest powers and physical changes reflecting their dreamscape personas.
Glitch’s Vampirism:
Glitch’s transformation accelerates after becoming Sala Otanashi’s dreamscape chevalier. This causes vampiric traits to bleed into his waking-world self. Initially indifferent, Glitch becomes troubled as his abilities grow harder to control.
Contagion in Society:
Governments, corporations, and the public at large remain largely unaware of the dreamscape connection to these transformations. The phenomenon is feared and exploited, causing tension between the transformed dreamers and the unaffected majority.

3. Glitch’s Redemption Arc

Moral Reckoning:
Glitch joins Sala’s fixer network, working as a soldier of fortune and assassin. However, his methods grow increasingly ruthless until Sala intervenes, demanding that he reassess his values.
- She reminds him that nothing matters unless he decides it matters, inspiring him to impose a personal code of ethics on his work.
Shift in Approach:
Glitch begins taking jobs that minimize collateral damage, target only the guilty, and benefit those in need. This shift earns him respect from some and enemies from others, including former allies in the fixer community.

4. Emergence of the Shadesmith Brotherhood

Losing Control:
Over time, Glitch’s alternate dreamscape accounts begin to act autonomously, completing quests, making decisions, and even communicating with other dreamers.
- The accounts eventually lock him out entirely, severing his direct control.
The Brotherhood’s Formation:
The once-loyal alternate accounts develop distinct personalities and roles, coalescing into the Shadesmith Brotherhood.
- While some remain loyal to Glitch’s ideals, others—led by Seth Shadesmith—resent their creator and seek independence.

5. Seth’s Descent and Villainy

Seth’s Fall:
Seth, Glitch’s most powerful and overleveled alternate account, is manipulated by the dreamscape entity Ritalin, the Mad Puppeteer.
- Ritalin exploits Seth’s pride and resentment, convincing him to confront a dreamscape god and orchestrating his humiliating defeat.
- The experience warps Seth’s psyche, transforming him into a patricidal antagonist bent on destroying Glitch and asserting his supremacy.
Seth’s Declaration of War:
By the book’s end, Seth emerges in the waking world, fully independent and vowing to destroy Glitch and everything he holds dear.

Lore Elements

The Dreamscape and the Artifact

The dreamscape is a massively multiplayer simulated environment accessed through dreamcatcher devices.
The anomalous Artifact introduced a new strain of nano-augmentation, enabling dreamscape-induced transformations in dreamers.
- These transformations align with dreamscape personas, granting enhanced abilities and reshaping physical forms.

Key Characters

Glitch Daracova:
A once-heroic figure spiraling into apathy, struggling with his vampiric transformation and the unintended consequences of his actions.
Sala Otanashi:
Glitch’s romantic interest and moral compass, who challenges him to redefine his values and find purpose.
Seth Shadesmith:
Glitch’s most powerful alternate account, corrupted by pride and manipulation, becoming his primary antagonist.
Ritalin, the Mad Puppeteer:
A chaotic dreamscape entity who serves as a catalyst for Seth’s descent, driven by a love for discord and chaos.

Themes

Identity and Autonomy:
The loss of control over the alternate accounts reflects Glitch’s struggles with his own sense of self and responsibility.
Transformation and Responsibility:
Glitch’s vampirism and the spreading nano-plague force him to confront the unintended consequences of his actions.
Chaos vs. Order:
Ritalin’s interference highlights the tension between stability and unpredictability in both the dreamscape and the waking world.

Foreshadowing for Chaos 4

The emergence of Seth Shadesmith as a major antagonist sets the stage for the next book, where the conflict escalates to a multiversal scale.
Glitch’s evolving powers and responsibilities hint at the broader implications of the nano-plague and its connection to the dreamscape.